Musical toy



F. H. MURPHEY.

MUSICAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. I920.

1,434,910; 4 Pitented Nov. 7,1922.

2? H Murphy Patented Nov. 1922.

tjhtiTlilD STATES FINKNEY HENDERSON llIURPHEY, 0F PUEBLO, COLORADO.

MUSICAL TOY.

Application filed July 28, 1920. SerialNo. 399,553,

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat l, PINKNEY H. MUR- PHEY, citizen of the United States, residiugat Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Musical Toys, of which the following is a specification. I p

This invention relates to ll'lLISlCZLl toys and has as its general object to provide a toy by the use of which various musical sounds may be produced, and various animals, birds, and the like imitated.

-The toy is of that type embodying an elastic vibratory sound producing element which is arranged within a passageway formed in the body of the toy and through which the breath is to be blown for the purpose of vibrating the said element to produure the desiredfsound or tone, and one of the objects of the invention is to so form this passageway that the position of the vibratory element therein'may be varied so as to produce variations in the sound produced through vibration of the said element, the element, due to itselastic nature, being also adapted to be stretched to varying degrees so as to correspondingly vary its crosssectional dimensions and thereby vary the pitch of the sound.

The invention has other objects which will be made clear in the specific description which is to follow:

in the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the manner of using the musical toy embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the toy;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the vibratory sound producing element in full lines in its normal condition and in dotted lines in a somewhat stretched condition, the dotted line disclosing also different positions which the element may be caused to assume within the air passage of the body of the toy;

Fig. 4 is a vertical front to rear sectional view through the toy, the vibratory sound producing element being illustrated in its normal or substantially unstretched condition;

Fig. 5 is a similar view but illustrating the decrease in cross-sectional dimensions of this element which is brought about by stretching the same or placing the same under tension,

The toy embodying the invention com prises a body member which is indicated in general. by the numeral 1 and which is preferably formed in two sections or halves which are indicated by the numeral 2 and which are of counterpart construction. The sections 2 of the body are designed to be disposed together face to face as clearly illustrated in Figures 1, 4c and 5 of the drawings, and the opposing faces oi the two sections are formed at their ends, with relatively shallow shoulders 3 and 4 which serve to space the intermediate portions of the faces so as to provide an air passage 5 which opens through the forward and rear sides of the body, as shown in Figures l and 5 of the drawing.

In order that the body of the toy may be readily fitted against th lips so that the breath may be blown through the passageway 5, one side of the body, namely, the forward side thereof, is formed along curved lines or recessed as indicated by the numeral 6 soas to more or less closely conform to the'curvature of the mouth. Any suitable means may be employed for securmg the two sections 2 of the body together, either permanently or separably, and for this purpose elastic bands or bands of wire or other metal, indicated by the numeral 7, may be fitted or secured about the end portions of the two sections of the body, engaging preferably in notches 8 formed in the front and rear edges of the section so as to prevent displacement of these bands.

The vibratory sound producing element of the device is indicated in general by the numeral 9 and this element is preferably in the nature of a fiat elastic band which extends transversely within the air passage 5 and which is preferably anchored at one end to the body of the device by having its said end passed about the corresponding end of one of the sections 2, as indicated by the numeral 10, and underneath the respective band 7 as most clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The otherend of the band, which is indicated by the numeral 11, is left free and projects through and beyond the opposite end of the body so that it may be grasped in the manner shown in Figure 1 of the drawing and pulled upon for the purpose of stretching or tensioning the band to a greater or less degree as is desired so as to thereby vary the pitch of the sound produced through vibration of the sound producing element when the breath is blown through the air passage, By reference to Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings, it will be observed that the opposing faces of the two sections of the body are formed with matching recesses 12 and it will further be observed that these recesses have their side walls diverging in the direction of that end of the body at which the shoulders a are located, so that the recessis er considerably greater width at this end thanat its other end. Thus the recess at; the end at which the shoulders 3 are located is of a width substantially equal to the width of" the band comprising the vibratory' sound producing element, whereas at its opposite end it of a Width several times greater than the Width ot' the said band. As a consequence the band may be said to extendwithin an air passagewhich is laterally flared, and it will be observed by reference to the dotted line illustration in Figure 3 of the drawing that the band may be oscillated or swung backwardly and forwardly within the flared recess or air passage and that this may be accomplished While the band is being stretched oi tensioned or while is being somewhat relaxed. As a consequence, not only may the tone or pitch of the sounds given off through vibration" of the band he variedby variably tensioning the band 'but also I have found that thecharacter of the sound may be greatly varied by this oscillation of the band in a forward and rearward, direction. 7

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed asnew is:

1. A musical toy comprising a body having an air passage extending transversely thereof and opening through opposite sides of the. body,'and an elastic vibratory sound roducing element extending within the air passage and angularly movable therein and having an end projecting beyond the body whereby the said element may be moved and tensioned.

2. A musical toy comprising a body having an air passage extending transversely thereof and opening through opposite sides of the body, the walls of the passage belng 7 formed with a recess gradually increased in width from one end to the other and a vibratory sound producing element extending longitudinally within the recess and angularly movable therein.

3. A musical toy comprising a body having an air passage extending transversely thereof and opening through the front and rear sides of the body, the walls of the air passage being tormed'with recesses'extending longitudinally of the body and graduallyincreased in width from one end of the body to the other and opening through the last mentioned end of the body, and a fiat elastic vibratory sound producing element secured within the other end 01": the'body and extending across the air passage and withinthe recesses and adapted to be angularly moved withinsaid recesses and to be stretched to vary the frequency of its vibration; i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PINKNEY HENDERSON MURPHEY. [L s11 

